may suggest they go on the thumb & pointer fingers?
but spinning apples of death should always be placed on the genitals.

pea D3
| October 7, 2010 2:30 PM

Sharp Corporation has a technology tattoo. The stainless steel elevator doors in one of their buildings are etched with IC layout.

Chip designs really are works of art. Years ago, my girlfriend at the time encouraged me to get a tattoo of a chip layout. Wary of changing technology, I hesitated.

When I commented on the doors at Sharp, my host sheepishly replied that the design was 0.8 micron technology. The mainstream is now 45 to 32 nanometers, a shrinkage of 18x to 25x. To anyone in the semiconductor business, it is immediately apparent that the pattern on the elevator doors is dated.

Not only has chip technology changed, Sharp's focus has changed. It has reoriented itself away from digital chip design to LCD displays and solar cells.

Beware the technology tattoo. The technology itself will change, and the particular technology that catches your imagination will change.

John Mack
| October 8, 2010 1:49 AM

Usually I groan at tattoos like this, but this one is really well done and actually fun.